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Geiger #1
Geiger (2021) #1
The critically acclaimed team of writer GEOFF JOHNS and artist GARY FRANK unites with superstar colorist BRAD ANDERSON to bring their first creator-owned hero to Image Comics!
Set in the years after a nuclear war ravaged the planet, desperate outlaws battle for survival in a world of radioactive chaos. Out past the poisoned wasteland lives a man even the Nightcrawlers and Organ People fear. Some name him Joe Glow, others call him the Meltdown Man. But his name…is Geiger.
Set in the years after a nuclear war ravaged the planet, desperate outlaws battle for survival in a world of radioactive chaos. Out past the poisoned wasteland lives a man even the Nightcrawlers and Organ People fear. Some name him Joe Glow, others call him the Meltdown Man. But his name…is Geiger.
33 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 7, 2021
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About the author
Geoff Johns
2,702 books2,410 followersGeoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
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December 23, 2025
(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Geiger, Vol. 1.
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Geiger, Vol. 1.
April 8, 2021
What happens when superhero comics creators take Mad Max and Fallout and smoosh it all together with the capes and masks? You gets Geiger!
Tariq Geiger could be having a better day. Not only is his paranoid survivalist fantasy coming true - nuclear armageddon suddenly breaks out - but he can’t get into his fallout shelter! Oh well - at least his family’s safely locked up. But wait! Geiger somehow isn’t killed in the ‘splosions but gets superpowers instead! Twenty years later, while he protects his locked-up family from the outside, the surviving humans decide killing Tariq is glorious or something. Leave whatever brains you got left at the door kids ‘cos Papa Johns is here to serve up a steaming slice of nonsense!
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank make their Image debut under Johns’ Mad Ghost imprint with Geiger, aka contrived swill! The main character’s name is Geiger, like the device used to measure radioactivity, in a book set in a post-nuclear wasteland? It’s so on the nose, it IS the nose! That’s the least of it really but it gives you an idea of where Johns’ head is at here.
The first issue of Geiger is Johns stealing cliches and prefab story elements. Survivalist/Cold War-esque paranoia, superpowers from accident, Mad Max post-nuclear wasteland world, and I won’t even mention the ending but it’s another straight rip-off of a very popular recent TV show. There’s nothing original here, just an array of familiar tropes. Even that shot of Geiger eating while on his wall behind him shows the days marked off is identical to Rey’s intro in The Force Awakens!
As derivative as the content is, Johns’ years of comics-writing experience makes this first issue a fast-paced read that sets up a lot quickly and efficiently - I wasn’t gripped by what I was reading but I wasn’t bored either. And I didn’t see that weird left turn of a cliffhanger coming! Gary Frank’s art is gorgeous too - the sequence where the bomb explodes and Geiger’s superhero design are the standouts for me. Brad Anderson’s colours are beautiful, really making Geiger’s transformation pop.
Despite being visually stunning and well-produced, there’s too much unoriginal stuff here to leave much of an impression behind, nor does it make me excited for the rest of the series - Geiger #1 is an underwhelming beginning.
Tariq Geiger could be having a better day. Not only is his paranoid survivalist fantasy coming true - nuclear armageddon suddenly breaks out - but he can’t get into his fallout shelter! Oh well - at least his family’s safely locked up. But wait! Geiger somehow isn’t killed in the ‘splosions but gets superpowers instead! Twenty years later, while he protects his locked-up family from the outside, the surviving humans decide killing Tariq is glorious or something. Leave whatever brains you got left at the door kids ‘cos Papa Johns is here to serve up a steaming slice of nonsense!
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank make their Image debut under Johns’ Mad Ghost imprint with Geiger, aka contrived swill! The main character’s name is Geiger, like the device used to measure radioactivity, in a book set in a post-nuclear wasteland? It’s so on the nose, it IS the nose! That’s the least of it really but it gives you an idea of where Johns’ head is at here.
The first issue of Geiger is Johns stealing cliches and prefab story elements. Survivalist/Cold War-esque paranoia, superpowers from accident, Mad Max post-nuclear wasteland world, and I won’t even mention the ending but it’s another straight rip-off of a very popular recent TV show. There’s nothing original here, just an array of familiar tropes. Even that shot of Geiger eating while on his wall behind him shows the days marked off is identical to Rey’s intro in The Force Awakens!
As derivative as the content is, Johns’ years of comics-writing experience makes this first issue a fast-paced read that sets up a lot quickly and efficiently - I wasn’t gripped by what I was reading but I wasn’t bored either. And I didn’t see that weird left turn of a cliffhanger coming! Gary Frank’s art is gorgeous too - the sequence where the bomb explodes and Geiger’s superhero design are the standouts for me. Brad Anderson’s colours are beautiful, really making Geiger’s transformation pop.
Despite being visually stunning and well-produced, there’s too much unoriginal stuff here to leave much of an impression behind, nor does it make me excited for the rest of the series - Geiger #1 is an underwhelming beginning.
April 12, 2021
I gotta say, I was a bit underwhelmed given the pedigree of the creative team. It was OK. Seems a lot like the video game Fallout. Your standard dystopian future in Nevada after a nuclear war. The one interesting bit seems to be that the Las Vegas casinos all turned into little fiefdoms based on their theme. The art by Gary Frank and Brad Anderson is fantastic as expected. Let's hope this is headed somewhere less derivative in future issues.
January 10, 2023
It’s Nuclear Batman! Seems random but I’m intrigued.
April 21, 2021
Although this isn’t a new concept, I was still into this story. The world has gone to war and the nuclear missiles have fired. Now it’s 20 years later and now it’s like mad max. People have to were suits to be outside and are scavenging around for food and supplies. Plus there’s a mystery man who doesn’t need a suit and glows with some nuclear energy. Then what the back of the book shows as what’s coming, I’m definitely grabbing issue 2.
November 15, 2022
G.J. & G.F.: essa dupla raramente decepciona
Como é bom você pegar um quadrinho sem saber nada sobre ele. Sem sequer ler a sinopse. E ele te surpreender de uma forma tão positiva, como foi com este.
Minha escolha por esta leitura foi baseada (primeiro) na curiosidade que o título me despertou, as duas estrelas envolvidas e nas notas de sites americanos de "comics ratings".
Que belíssima surpresa!
Neste mundo distópico, Geiger é um homem que vivem num deserto, numa fortaleza construída com blocos de carros prensados ("Como assim"?) e tem a companhia de um lobo doméstico que, devido a uma ocorrência nuclear, tem duas cabeças (muito legal o concept dos personagens).
Neste primeiro número são apresentados: um flashback de uma família que, em poucos quadrinhos, já desenha o que aconteceu para o mundo estar daquele jeito; temos a primeira aparição do Geiger; e já são estabelecidos que serão os malvados da história.
Camelot em Las Vegas!(?)
Um rei, no melhor estilo Joffrey Baratheon em pleno Estados Unidos?
A criatividade do Mr. Johns correu solta.
'Bora pro próximo número.
Geiger #1 - Lançamento Abril/2021 (EUA).
Como é bom você pegar um quadrinho sem saber nada sobre ele. Sem sequer ler a sinopse. E ele te surpreender de uma forma tão positiva, como foi com este.
Minha escolha por esta leitura foi baseada (primeiro) na curiosidade que o título me despertou, as duas estrelas envolvidas e nas notas de sites americanos de "comics ratings".
Que belíssima surpresa!
Neste mundo distópico, Geiger é um homem que vivem num deserto, numa fortaleza construída com blocos de carros prensados ("Como assim"?) e tem a companhia de um lobo doméstico que, devido a uma ocorrência nuclear, tem duas cabeças (muito legal o concept dos personagens).
Neste primeiro número são apresentados: um flashback de uma família que, em poucos quadrinhos, já desenha o que aconteceu para o mundo estar daquele jeito; temos a primeira aparição do Geiger; e já são estabelecidos que serão os malvados da história.
Camelot em Las Vegas!(?)
Um rei, no melhor estilo Joffrey Baratheon em pleno Estados Unidos?
A criatividade do Mr. Johns correu solta.
'Bora pro próximo número.
Geiger #1 - Lançamento Abril/2021 (EUA).
August 4, 2022
I own this book.
This was a really interesting start to this series. Following a nuclear war that destroyed the planet, outlaws survive by ravaging towns for their supplies, but there is one myth they fear. The Meltdown Man.
The Meltdown Man we meet before he assumed his title, he is a man simply trying to protect his family.
A family he still has locked in a bunker, even years following the explosions and he's going to keep them safe no matter the cost.
This was an interesting start to the series and I will definitely continue on.
This was a really interesting start to this series. Following a nuclear war that destroyed the planet, outlaws survive by ravaging towns for their supplies, but there is one myth they fear. The Meltdown Man.
The Meltdown Man we meet before he assumed his title, he is a man simply trying to protect his family.
A family he still has locked in a bunker, even years following the explosions and he's going to keep them safe no matter the cost.
This was an interesting start to the series and I will definitely continue on.
April 13, 2021
At the risk of sounding redundant, what do you get when you cross the wastelands of Fallout, the post apocalyptic world building of Rick Remender’s Tokyo Ghost, and all the trappings of a superb superhero origins tale? You get Geiger: a comic with a little bit of everything.
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s Image Comics debut certainly doesn't pull any punches. The story reads at a frantic but efficient pace, casting a wide net from which to build its foundation upon. One of then first things readers are likely to notice is the script -- it's dense. In fact it may be one of the lengthiest I've ever seen attached to Johns’ name.
Those who are familiar with Geoff’s writing style know that he never wastes words. He's a grower, not a shower and instead opts to advance his plots through cleverly laiden clues and Easter Eggs. That means whenever there's a random radio playing in the background or television broadcast taking place anywhere in the panel -- you need to be paying attention. These breadcrumbs often are revealed to be spoilers for what's to come, minus the context and 20/20 hindsight needed to make heads or tails of what it is we’re actually reading.
As is usually the case with the artwork of Gary Frank, his pencils continue to inspire. Gary is a master of his craft, defying comparison and redefining the boundaries of even the most lucid of imaginations. His layouts and splash pages won’t just whet the tongue -- they'll leave you salivating like Pavlov’s pooches.
Which brings me to all the wonderful color nuances of Brad Anderson. Brad is fast becoming my favourite colorist in the game and if you've yet to be introduced to his palette, you're in for a real treat. These two were made for each other and to say that Geiger is a visual spectacle doesn't even begin to properly encapsulate all that this book has to offer.
Geiger feels fresh but familiar and manages to both subtely and overtly pay homage to everything from “The Planet of the Apes” to “King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.”
This book is breaking the needle. Geiger is nothing short of radioactive, and a sure contender for “Best New Series of the Year.”
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s Image Comics debut certainly doesn't pull any punches. The story reads at a frantic but efficient pace, casting a wide net from which to build its foundation upon. One of then first things readers are likely to notice is the script -- it's dense. In fact it may be one of the lengthiest I've ever seen attached to Johns’ name.
Those who are familiar with Geoff’s writing style know that he never wastes words. He's a grower, not a shower and instead opts to advance his plots through cleverly laiden clues and Easter Eggs. That means whenever there's a random radio playing in the background or television broadcast taking place anywhere in the panel -- you need to be paying attention. These breadcrumbs often are revealed to be spoilers for what's to come, minus the context and 20/20 hindsight needed to make heads or tails of what it is we’re actually reading.
As is usually the case with the artwork of Gary Frank, his pencils continue to inspire. Gary is a master of his craft, defying comparison and redefining the boundaries of even the most lucid of imaginations. His layouts and splash pages won’t just whet the tongue -- they'll leave you salivating like Pavlov’s pooches.
Which brings me to all the wonderful color nuances of Brad Anderson. Brad is fast becoming my favourite colorist in the game and if you've yet to be introduced to his palette, you're in for a real treat. These two were made for each other and to say that Geiger is a visual spectacle doesn't even begin to properly encapsulate all that this book has to offer.
Geiger feels fresh but familiar and manages to both subtely and overtly pay homage to everything from “The Planet of the Apes” to “King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.”
This book is breaking the needle. Geiger is nothing short of radioactive, and a sure contender for “Best New Series of the Year.”
April 24, 2021
100% unoriginal but Johns still makes those worn out ideas fun. The art by Frank is great.
September 11, 2022
Entretenido.
March 1, 2024
A little derivative of Fallout: New Vegas, but that’s one of my favorite games of all time, so I’m okay with it.
November 2, 2025
Extremely interesting start to this post apocalyptic tale.
March 16, 2025
Nothing necessarily new in terms of concept but engaging and interesting enough that I'm definitely buying the first volume with the issues 1-6.
November 23, 2025
What a strong start, I read junkyard Joe before this but I love seeing all the groundwork in this issue for building an interconnected universe. And of course I have to mention how amazing this art is. The story itself actually takes place in an apocalyptic future, where we meet two men in hazard suits specifically looking for irradiated ground for some kind of breeding. The travel in pairs because there are dangers out there to worry about, specially things called nightcrawlers and organ people, but one of them seems younger and filled with curiosity and can’t really sleep as he has heard stories of the man who walks outside without a suit. The older man with an eye patch confirms the story is true, and after something called the unknown war people started seeing him flickering like a candle. He has been called many things, Joe Glow, man of mass destruction, walking bomb, and even later called the meltdown man. So to keep both of them awake the older man decides to tell the story of Tariq Geiger, who did everyone, good and bad, for family.
We then jump back to the year 2030, the news is blowing up with tons of reports about the president not firing unless fired upon, in Indiana Muddy Davis (creator of the junkyard joe strip) died at the age of 77, there is a scandal in the pentagon of recently declassified files connecting the 1997 windows bombing to an American hero, there is an unexplained metal mobility found at the site of a skirmish that began vibrating, an author is under investigation by the FBI once again for her second book about hauntings at the White House which gives way too much info, and suddenly all of these news broadcasts that I am sure are referencing a ton of things I don’t know about for world building, are interrupted by a report from the global tracking system. The tv cuts out and turns to an emergency broadcast as we see Tariq rush his family out of the house and to their bomb shelter nearby. They should have everything they need to live a long time down there, but even then Tariq requires special medicine and they will be forced to leave at some point. As his wife and children are let inside one of his kids point out that their dog won’t stop barking at something…there is a missile flying high above them and as he gets them below Tariq sprints over to grab the dog. But as he is running back…a bullet goes into his leg. Seems his neighbors didn’t build their own shelter with the full intent on stealing theirs when the time came, and they are taking it by force. Tariq is on the ground and can’t get to them, so he orders his family to go inside and shut the door and not to open it for anyone. To shut up the dog the neighbors shoot it, and are about to shoot Tariq if he doesn’t tell his family to open the door…he would rather die. But before they can shoot him a flash of light comes in as Tariq looks over and sees a mushroom cloud fill his glasses. Suddenly the neighbors are evaporating in front of him as Tariq watches his own hands disappear in the burst.
Suddenly we jump 20 years later as a couple of collectors make their way through the wastelands in their suits looking for materials. They usually don’t go out this far but lack of resources necessitates it. Suddenly they come across a giant wall made up of compacted cubed cars with a set of double doors in the middle. They are slightly worried the organ people set it up but apparently those people aren’t that organized. These men are worried about paying the king’s taxes, but as they go to break in a hooded figure appears above the wall to tell them they are trespassing and he is wearing no suit. He does seem to have a chest plate setup and two rods coming out of the suit in the back. But these men are two stupid for their own good to stay back, and as they begin to fire on him he jumps down and begins to beat them in. Knocking away their guns and fighting with his fists. With all of them on the ground he gave them a sight to remember and fear, taking the rods out of his back like control rods at nuclear plant suddenly his entire body begins to glow neon green as he shifts from Tariq to the glowing man! Omg this is so badass! As soon as they go running he puts the rods back in to return to normal, then takes the crate of explosives they left behind. It seems he also has a very high jump as he was able to jump back over the wall and return to his two headed wolf companion that he is actually able to communicate with. Additionally we see a gravestone for someone that looks like “Dr Molotov,” and I can’t help but wonder if we will learn more about them. As Tariq sets up dinner we find that creatively he is quite bankrupt as he has read through all the books he has and he has been here for a very long time, all to protect the bunker his family stayed inside of so that one day it will be safe to open to the door again. Outside the bunker I can’t help but notice the arrangement of plants growing, as if he is testing what can grow.
As the issue comes to an end we are introduced to the king the collectors were trying to pay the taxes of. He is being briefed on the situation of the glowing man, and how one of the other kingdoms ran by Safari Bob claims to have met him and made a pact to keep out of each other’s way. They believed it was just a story until three of their men came in contact with him today. But it seems that the king has been recently replaced by his snot nose son, and this little narcissist is too busy threatening to kill his artist than listening to the briefing. The king wants his nuclear knights gathered to hunt down the glowing man, he has no concern for the laws of Safari Bob, and he even wants to come with them to get the glowing man. His knight is worried about this, but this only causes the boy to lash out as no one questioned his father like this. And he sees this as nothing but a fun opportunity to finally slag something and proceed he is more powerful than his father. And just like most apocalyptic stories (cough new Vegas cough) it turns out that this castle is in the nearly preserved fabulous Las Vegas and as the end of the issue shows there is a whole group of rulers with different themes based on where they are. Very cool stuff.
We then jump back to the year 2030, the news is blowing up with tons of reports about the president not firing unless fired upon, in Indiana Muddy Davis (creator of the junkyard joe strip) died at the age of 77, there is a scandal in the pentagon of recently declassified files connecting the 1997 windows bombing to an American hero, there is an unexplained metal mobility found at the site of a skirmish that began vibrating, an author is under investigation by the FBI once again for her second book about hauntings at the White House which gives way too much info, and suddenly all of these news broadcasts that I am sure are referencing a ton of things I don’t know about for world building, are interrupted by a report from the global tracking system. The tv cuts out and turns to an emergency broadcast as we see Tariq rush his family out of the house and to their bomb shelter nearby. They should have everything they need to live a long time down there, but even then Tariq requires special medicine and they will be forced to leave at some point. As his wife and children are let inside one of his kids point out that their dog won’t stop barking at something…there is a missile flying high above them and as he gets them below Tariq sprints over to grab the dog. But as he is running back…a bullet goes into his leg. Seems his neighbors didn’t build their own shelter with the full intent on stealing theirs when the time came, and they are taking it by force. Tariq is on the ground and can’t get to them, so he orders his family to go inside and shut the door and not to open it for anyone. To shut up the dog the neighbors shoot it, and are about to shoot Tariq if he doesn’t tell his family to open the door…he would rather die. But before they can shoot him a flash of light comes in as Tariq looks over and sees a mushroom cloud fill his glasses. Suddenly the neighbors are evaporating in front of him as Tariq watches his own hands disappear in the burst.
Suddenly we jump 20 years later as a couple of collectors make their way through the wastelands in their suits looking for materials. They usually don’t go out this far but lack of resources necessitates it. Suddenly they come across a giant wall made up of compacted cubed cars with a set of double doors in the middle. They are slightly worried the organ people set it up but apparently those people aren’t that organized. These men are worried about paying the king’s taxes, but as they go to break in a hooded figure appears above the wall to tell them they are trespassing and he is wearing no suit. He does seem to have a chest plate setup and two rods coming out of the suit in the back. But these men are two stupid for their own good to stay back, and as they begin to fire on him he jumps down and begins to beat them in. Knocking away their guns and fighting with his fists. With all of them on the ground he gave them a sight to remember and fear, taking the rods out of his back like control rods at nuclear plant suddenly his entire body begins to glow neon green as he shifts from Tariq to the glowing man! Omg this is so badass! As soon as they go running he puts the rods back in to return to normal, then takes the crate of explosives they left behind. It seems he also has a very high jump as he was able to jump back over the wall and return to his two headed wolf companion that he is actually able to communicate with. Additionally we see a gravestone for someone that looks like “Dr Molotov,” and I can’t help but wonder if we will learn more about them. As Tariq sets up dinner we find that creatively he is quite bankrupt as he has read through all the books he has and he has been here for a very long time, all to protect the bunker his family stayed inside of so that one day it will be safe to open to the door again. Outside the bunker I can’t help but notice the arrangement of plants growing, as if he is testing what can grow.
As the issue comes to an end we are introduced to the king the collectors were trying to pay the taxes of. He is being briefed on the situation of the glowing man, and how one of the other kingdoms ran by Safari Bob claims to have met him and made a pact to keep out of each other’s way. They believed it was just a story until three of their men came in contact with him today. But it seems that the king has been recently replaced by his snot nose son, and this little narcissist is too busy threatening to kill his artist than listening to the briefing. The king wants his nuclear knights gathered to hunt down the glowing man, he has no concern for the laws of Safari Bob, and he even wants to come with them to get the glowing man. His knight is worried about this, but this only causes the boy to lash out as no one questioned his father like this. And he sees this as nothing but a fun opportunity to finally slag something and proceed he is more powerful than his father. And just like most apocalyptic stories (cough new Vegas cough) it turns out that this castle is in the nearly preserved fabulous Las Vegas and as the end of the issue shows there is a whole group of rulers with different themes based on where they are. Very cool stuff.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 12, 2021
Good start to a new post apocalyptic tale. I liked it but I also have to admit that I’m a sucker for a good post apocalyptic story. You really can’t beat this creative team either. This issue mostly just sets the stage for what’s to come and I’m really looking forward to what is to come.
July 19, 2021
Does what all great science-fiction does: has nothing in particular to chew over & goes down smooth with no resistance
May 7, 2021
Das Genre in dem wir uns befinden, ist das der Endzeit-Story. In diesem Fall nach einem Atomkrieg. Über die Hintergründe erfahren wir nicht allzu viel. Ein Regierungsaufstand im Jahr 2030, ein Regierungsskandal und ein geheimnisvoller Monolith. Die waren ja in letzter Zeit irgendwie „In“, also kommt er auch hier vor. Und natürlich der Glimmer Man… Die Geschichte spielt 20 Jahre später, also 2050.
Hier kommt dann ein scheinbar ein wahnsinniger König dazu, das kann ja heiter werden! 12 Punkte dafür von mir.
Zeichnungen - 13 von 15 Punkte
Gary Frank halt. Klasse Zeichnungen. Im Vordergrund sehr detailliert, ausdrucksstarke Gesichter und im Hintergrund immer noch eine ganze Menge zusätzlicher Details. Ausdrucksstarke Panoramen auf Doppelseiten. Ich kann mich gar nicht daran satt sehen. Daher auch 13 Punkte.
Farben - 13 von 15 Punkte
Ein bunter Farbmix, weiche Übergänge. Der Himmel mit mehreren Farbnuancen, sogar einiges Lichtspiel mit Lampen im Rauminneren. Das ist alles zusammen sehr schön anzusehen und macht auch einen großen Teil der Ansehnlichkeit der Bilder aus. Daher auch 13 Punkte.
Atmosphäre - 11 von 15 Punkte
Die 3 Männer mit dem Geigerzähler und einer explosiven Fracht erzeugen schon eine düstere Grundstimmung. Am Lagerfeuer werden dann Geschichten über den Mann erzählt, der ohne Anzug durch die verstrahlte Welt laufen kann. Ein wenig Action dazu und eine kranken Welt mit kranken Königen. Das Kopfkino braucht ein bisschen um zu starten, doch dann läuft es. Daher 11 Punkte dafür.
Story-Zeichnungen 13 von 15 Punkte
Panoramen mit einer Menge Details, detaillierte Anzüge und Gesichter. Dazu Räume mit einiger Ausstattung, hier bleibt das Auge gerne hängen. Eine trostlose Welt mit trostlosen Details, die einfach herrlich anzuschauen ist. Daher 13 Punkte.
Charaktere - 12 von 15 Punkte
Tariq Geiger ist die Hauptfigur und im Jahr 2050 eine Legende. Offensichtich hat er die Bomben überlebt, nachdem er von seiner Familie getrennt wurde, da er den Angriff auf seinen Bunker abwehren musste. Wie es zu seinen strahlenden Fähigkeiten kommt, da darf man gespannt sein. Seine Story ist nachvollziehbar auf der Kürze der Seiten. Der Rest sind in der ersten Ausgabe notwendige Nebengestalten, in einer Story, die Lust auf mehr macht. 12 Punkte daher
Innovationen - 3 von 5 Punkte
Das Genre wird hier nicht neu erfunden, aber alle wesentlichen Zutaten sind an Bord: Geheimnisse, fiese Machthaber, ein strahlender (haha!) Held und eine kaputte Welt. Daher 3 Punkte.
Service - 0 von 5 Punkte
Keine Infos Drumherum, nix. Daher gibt es auch keine Punkte.
FAZIT - 77 von 100 Punkte
Ein interessanter Auftaktband, welcher beachtliche 77 Punkte einfährt. Er macht Lust auf mehr und ich werde dran bleiben.
Hier kommt dann ein scheinbar ein wahnsinniger König dazu, das kann ja heiter werden! 12 Punkte dafür von mir.
Zeichnungen - 13 von 15 Punkte
Gary Frank halt. Klasse Zeichnungen. Im Vordergrund sehr detailliert, ausdrucksstarke Gesichter und im Hintergrund immer noch eine ganze Menge zusätzlicher Details. Ausdrucksstarke Panoramen auf Doppelseiten. Ich kann mich gar nicht daran satt sehen. Daher auch 13 Punkte.
Farben - 13 von 15 Punkte
Ein bunter Farbmix, weiche Übergänge. Der Himmel mit mehreren Farbnuancen, sogar einiges Lichtspiel mit Lampen im Rauminneren. Das ist alles zusammen sehr schön anzusehen und macht auch einen großen Teil der Ansehnlichkeit der Bilder aus. Daher auch 13 Punkte.
Atmosphäre - 11 von 15 Punkte
Die 3 Männer mit dem Geigerzähler und einer explosiven Fracht erzeugen schon eine düstere Grundstimmung. Am Lagerfeuer werden dann Geschichten über den Mann erzählt, der ohne Anzug durch die verstrahlte Welt laufen kann. Ein wenig Action dazu und eine kranken Welt mit kranken Königen. Das Kopfkino braucht ein bisschen um zu starten, doch dann läuft es. Daher 11 Punkte dafür.
Story-Zeichnungen 13 von 15 Punkte
Panoramen mit einer Menge Details, detaillierte Anzüge und Gesichter. Dazu Räume mit einiger Ausstattung, hier bleibt das Auge gerne hängen. Eine trostlose Welt mit trostlosen Details, die einfach herrlich anzuschauen ist. Daher 13 Punkte.
Charaktere - 12 von 15 Punkte
Tariq Geiger ist die Hauptfigur und im Jahr 2050 eine Legende. Offensichtich hat er die Bomben überlebt, nachdem er von seiner Familie getrennt wurde, da er den Angriff auf seinen Bunker abwehren musste. Wie es zu seinen strahlenden Fähigkeiten kommt, da darf man gespannt sein. Seine Story ist nachvollziehbar auf der Kürze der Seiten. Der Rest sind in der ersten Ausgabe notwendige Nebengestalten, in einer Story, die Lust auf mehr macht. 12 Punkte daher
Innovationen - 3 von 5 Punkte
Das Genre wird hier nicht neu erfunden, aber alle wesentlichen Zutaten sind an Bord: Geheimnisse, fiese Machthaber, ein strahlender (haha!) Held und eine kaputte Welt. Daher 3 Punkte.
Service - 0 von 5 Punkte
Keine Infos Drumherum, nix. Daher gibt es auch keine Punkte.
FAZIT - 77 von 100 Punkte
Ein interessanter Auftaktband, welcher beachtliche 77 Punkte einfährt. Er macht Lust auf mehr und ich werde dran bleiben.
July 14, 2021
Let me start off by saying that I am a huge Fallout fan and an even bigger Fallout: New Vegas. So when I was reading along I was getting more and more excited by ideas that I have already thought about. Luckily it's not a total rip off of New Vegas and it deals with different concepts and ideas. Our main character is Tariq Geiger, a family man who becomes irradiated in a nuclear explosion. With that we have the background of the Las Vegas strip where the different themed hotels have now become different houses with the characters taking on the different themes. This is honestly the perfect balance of a first single issue - good introductions to the characters and worlds + an ending that spurns the reader onward with enough info to get excited about how things will unfold. I very much want to pick up the trade and find out more.
January 5, 2022
Late to the party, but oh so glad I arrived. Really good first issue with sharp, poignant and crisp art work and an interesting real world feel post-apocalyptic theme from the story by the campfire trope... 2-headed dog, included. Geiger, from first appearance, reminds me of a Daredevil, Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider. Banner Hulk radiation origin hybrid sort of character, but we haven't really seen him in action yet, but I am intrigued. Nice, they don't waste any space even the serialized back character with an inworld lore cartoon.
July 11, 2025
Hasta donde puede llegar un hombre para proteger a su familia? Que sacrificios realizará, incluso en perjuicio de su propio ser?
Y si hacemos estas mismas preguntas, tras un holocausto nuclear?
Siento que en parte eso nos mostrará GEIGER en los inmejorables dibujos de Gary Frank, el excelente color de Brad Anderson, y mi guionista de cómic favorito, no es otro que el grandioso Geoff Johns.
Este primer número inicia muy bien, espero que el desarrollo de la historia mantenga, e incluso eleve el nivel.
Y si hacemos estas mismas preguntas, tras un holocausto nuclear?
Siento que en parte eso nos mostrará GEIGER en los inmejorables dibujos de Gary Frank, el excelente color de Brad Anderson, y mi guionista de cómic favorito, no es otro que el grandioso Geoff Johns.
Este primer número inicia muy bien, espero que el desarrollo de la historia mantenga, e incluso eleve el nivel.
July 30, 2021
Excellent 1st issue
The story is compelling and the world vivid. This gives a great feel for the overall environment that is to come for the Geiger series, and provides imaginative fuel for the reader. It also avoids many tropes of the super powered genre while creating a truly unique post apocalyptic Las Vegas.
The story is compelling and the world vivid. This gives a great feel for the overall environment that is to come for the Geiger series, and provides imaginative fuel for the reader. It also avoids many tropes of the super powered genre while creating a truly unique post apocalyptic Las Vegas.
August 6, 2021
4.5 Stars. Very good, really fun read. I've always liked all the earlier stuff Johns and Frank have done together, they're a fantastic team. However, I kinda thought I might not like this as much as their previous work because post apocalyptic stories don't always appeal to me. I couldn't help it though, it's just too fun and interesting, an extremely well done first issue. Highly recommend!
October 1, 2024
Geiger, Geoff Johns
A re-imagination and inversion of the professor who is given life-enhancing (but soul-destroying) superpowers. Really good story.
#1- "So what will it be tonight? 'MOBY DICK' again? Yeah, I know. I'm bored of them all, too. What I wouldn't give for a new book.. but nobody writes anymore."
A re-imagination and inversion of the professor who is given life-enhancing (but soul-destroying) superpowers. Really good story.
#1- "So what will it be tonight? 'MOBY DICK' again? Yeah, I know. I'm bored of them all, too. What I wouldn't give for a new book.. but nobody writes anymore."
April 8, 2021
Mostly set up and future world building so it's difficult to get an accurate feel for what this comic will be. First impression though is that it's your run of the mill post-apocalyptic fare. TBD whether I'll give issue #2 a go.
April 24, 2021
3.8/5
This was a blast even if the influences are rather obvious (Las Vegas wasteland, mutants, et cetera). The protagonist's story is fascinating and his design is cool. I am definitely looking forward to Issue 2.
This was a blast even if the influences are rather obvious (Las Vegas wasteland, mutants, et cetera). The protagonist's story is fascinating and his design is cool. I am definitely looking forward to Issue 2.
May 22, 2021
¿Dr. Manhattan conoce Mad Max? Sin duda el dúo creativo y la libertad que concede una editorial como Image resultan del todo prometedores. Habrá que darle unos números de margen para saber hacia dónde quieren tirar con esta historia.
April 17, 2021
It was a 3.5 up until the last few pages. I think I see where Johns is taking this book now, and it is an interesting premise. Excited for book 2.
July 10, 2021
I'm digging the Mad Max/GoT post-apocalypse setting meets Dark Man type hero.
March 28, 2024
Frank's art is some of the best in the business. And one can never go wrong with a Johns' tale.
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